Slightly longer Circus game: places that ought to have a cake (and what it would be like).
That reminds me of The Meaning of Liff (a favourite is his description of Throcking meaning to repeatedly push down the lever of a toaster in order to convince it to toast something).
Another honours award might be for the one who succeeds in joining the Ship, and being cast overboard permanently, on the same day...
tangent/... I wonder if records are kept? One or two that I can think of must have come close, not counting spammers. That performance is something like a plane that doesn't quite succeed in landing on an aircraft carrier.
What is the ship of fools?
What does the Ship of fools do?
Where can I find the Ship of fools?
How can I get the ship of fools for the rest of my life.
Another honours award might be for the one who succeeds in joining the Ship, and being cast overboard permanently, on the same day...
Having lurked a while but just joined today this tickled my fancy and I am sorely tempted ... Suggestions? Methodology? Would this work?
1) Start a thread "Why <insert group of people from Dead Horses forum here> will burn infinitely in hell FACT"
2) Quote bible verses without wider context to PROVE my point
3) Refuse to engage in spurious UN-BIBLICAL wider discussion
4) Use UPPER CASE liberally
5) Claim you don't have real faith unless you agree with my literal interpretations
6) Repeat 2-5 ad infinitum
I love a challenge but I'm lazy and this would entail signing up again so maybe better if I just say instead ...
Another honours award might be for the one who succeeds in joining the Ship, and being cast overboard permanently, on the same day...
Having lurked a while but just joined today this tickled my fancy and I am sorely tempted ... Suggestions? Methodology? Would this work?
1) Start a thread "Why <insert group of people from Dead Horses forum here> will burn infinitely in hell FACT"
2) Quote bible verses without wider context to PROVE my point
3) Refuse to engage in spurious UN-BIBLICAL wider discussion
4) Use UPPER CASE liberally
5) Claim you don't have real faith unless you agree with my literal interpretations
6) Repeat 2-5 ad infinitum
I love a challenge but I'm lazy and this would entail signing up again so maybe better if I just say instead ...
"Hi folks"
What is this "bible" of which you speak? (Lower case)
Or worse ... implying that GIN should be spelt "gin"
Another honours award might be for the one who succeeds in joining the Ship, and being cast overboard permanently, on the same day...
Having lurked a while but just joined today this tickled my fancy and I am sorely tempted ... Suggestions? Methodology? Would this work?
1) Start a thread "Why <insert group of people from Dead Horses forum here> will burn infinitely in hell FACT"
2) Quote bible verses without wider context to PROVE my point
3) Refuse to engage in spurious UN-BIBLICAL wider discussion
4) Use UPPER CASE liberally
5) Claim you don't have real faith unless you agree with my literal interpretations
6) Repeat 2-5 ad infinitum
I love a challenge but I'm lazy and this would entail signing up again so maybe better if I just say instead ...
Welcome @JuanaCruz ! Thanks for getting your feet wet here in Heaven!
If you like, you can post in Welcome Aboard! where I'm sure a lot of Shipmates will give you even more greetings!
Thanks for suggestions, and alienfromzog - I'm flattered!!
I decided discretion/politeness were the better part of valo(u)r. It was so tempting to try, as I know quite a few people like that, maybe without the caps.
I am just enjoying reading the "Ship of Fools Test" as I sit here with wine (and CHEESE).
jedijudy - thanks, I wasn't sure on protocol here. I'll post something about myself on "Welcome Aboard" before I dip my toe into fun things like Purgatory and Epiphanies ;-)
jedijudy - thanks, I wasn't sure on protocol here. I'll post something about myself on "Welcome Aboard" before I dip my toe into fun things like Purgatory and Epiphanies ;-)
I have been on board 20 years. I still don't know the protocols*. Welcome!
*Which of course should be a module - how to start, where to post.
Welcome JuanaCruz.
Further questions
Which gin is best and which cheese to serve with it?
Which is the nicest bottle?
Sorry why is the room spinning around?
Your my best friend are you not?
Is there a section on the frequency of oft repeat threads? I mean threads such as the debate of how to make a good cup of tea, the correct use of grammar and when last x was called to hell.
Welcome JuanaCruz.
Further questions
Which gin is best and which cheese to serve with it?
Which is the nicest bottle?
Sorry why is the room spinning around?
Your my best friend are you not?
Hey @Hugal, we'd probably get on, though the first is of course a trick question ... in order:
- Ultra dry white please. Holy trinity of RIESLING, GRUNER VELTLINER and SEMILLON (Hunter Vally) probably with chacuterie
- A magnum of riesling please (seriously amazing bottles)
- See "magnum ..." above
- If you're picking up the bill ...
And Hunter Valley Shiraz used to be called Burgundy too from memory? Fantastic and pinot-like with age though my tastes have really moved to whites and Champagne.
Tesco used to sell an own-brand HV semillon called Denman which was top value in most vintages. Have to check if they still do.
The Perpetual SoF Tasting. Intersperse your analysis of the finer points of Canadian constitutional law/narrow gauge railways/Habakkuk 1:9 with remarks like 'I'm getting Wellington boots on the nose, with just a hint sherbet - no, on second sniff, it smells of grapes'.
And Hunter Valley Shiraz used to be called Burgundy too from memory? Fantastic and pinot-like with age though my tastes have really moved to whites and Champagne.
Tesco used to sell an own-brand HV semillon called Denman which was top value in most vintages. Have to check if they still do.
Maybe we need a wine thread?
Denman is a small town in the upper Hunter, good dairy country. You're right about Shiraz having been called Burgundy, ages beautifully, getting more and more complex as the years go by. The Shiraz grape was often called Hermitage.
/tangent/ I found a bottle of McWilliams Elizabeth Semillon in the wine fridge the other day. I'd forgotten it was there. We're rather partial to the Horner brand, but they've just announced that their Sandy Hollow vineyard succumbed to the drought, and they'll have to source their grapes from other regions. /tangent/
When I started drinking wine, there were price grades, and please remember that I'm talking pre-decimal currency. What we'd now call entry level wines were 3/-; Seppelt's Moyston, Chalambar etc and similar wines were 4/6; standard Mt Pleasant were 6/-. Then Elizabeth, Anne, and the other name Mt Pleasants were 9/-. From there you'd go into the real specialty wines with prices hitting 15/- and more.
When I started drinking wine, there were price grades, and please remember that I'm talking pre-decimal currency. What we'd now call entry level wines were 3/-; Seppelt's Moyston, Chalambar etc and similar wines were 4/6; standard Mt Pleasant were 6/-. Then Elizabeth, Anne, and the other name Mt Pleasants were 9/-. From there you'd go into the real specialty wines with prices hitting 15/- and more.
I'm a little younger, so my purchases were in decimal currency. My first purchase was a half-dozen each of Tulloch's Pokolbin Dry Red and Dry White for $1.99 a bottle. 50 years later, they are $30 and $25 a bottle respectively.
[quote="JuanaCruz;c-332274"Holy trinity of RIESLING, GRUNER VELTLINER and SEMILLON (Hunter Vally) probably with charcuterie ... [/quote] No, no, Gruner Veltliner is still on the sweet side. What about CHABLIS or SYLVANER instead?
It is well know that the most popular course at any university is Late Nights with Excess Alcohol but should we read anything in to the fact that a discussion of what a putative degree in Shipoffoolsology has now become a discussion on alcoholic beverages?
@mousethief - a universally shared belief in need for a strong qualifications and well argued views on alcoholic beverages a.k.a the holy spirit?
I may start (or resurrect) a wine thread presently but I'm dipping my toes in SoF, and don't want to end called to Hell for potential heresies like "wine is better than gin"
When I started drinking wine, there were price grades, and please remember that I'm talking pre-decimal currency. What we'd now call entry level wines were 3/-; Seppelt's Moyston, Chalambar etc and similar wines were 4/6; standard Mt Pleasant were 6/-. Then Elizabeth, Anne, and the other name Mt Pleasants were 9/-. From there you'd go into the real specialty wines with prices hitting 15/- and more.
I'm a little younger, so my purchases were in decimal currency. My first purchase was a half-dozen each of Tulloch's Pokolbin Dry Red and Dry White for $1.99 a bottle. 50 years later, they are $30 and $25 a bottle respectively.
Those Tulloch, and Mt Pleasant - as well as the Elliotts and Draytons - are still excellent wines and even at modern-day prices are real value. But the prices for the top Mt Pleasants these days are phenomenal.
Lovedale Semillon was going at about £15 a bottle in the UK maybe 5-10 years back but HV Semillon seems to have got noticed... justifiably
I wish I'd loaded up by the case though
I just did a quick check, and Lovedale retails in the $50 - $55 per bottle range. I'd call that excellent value for a quality product. Then $245 a bottle for 1946 Vines will get an outstanding wine, but you'd not be offering that except for a very, very special dinner. With a bit of searching you can get top quality wines from smaller growers for about the same price
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With an honours award for the largest number of temporary plankings before a final one.
Slightly longer Circus game: places that ought to have a cake (and what it would be like).
Edinburgh would obviously have a variant of rock cake (not that you would be offered it. You'll have had your tea.)
If their dive off the end is suitably complicated (triple roll, pike with a straight entry say) may be they could be let back on
Another honours award might be for the one who succeeds in joining the Ship, and being cast overboard permanently, on the same day...
The Ship of Fools Theory Test
tangent/... I wonder if records are kept? One or two that I can think of must have come close, not counting spammers. That performance is something like a plane that doesn't quite succeed in landing on an aircraft carrier.
Ah - thank you.
Trolls 101 - how to recognise a troll
Trolls 102 - how to avoid feeding the troll
Trolls 201 - The best troll put-downs in SoF history
Trolls 301 - The pseudo-Troll. How to recognise and deal with the unconscious troller
What does the Ship of fools do?
Where can I find the Ship of fools?
How can I get the ship of fools for the rest of my life.
Maybe we need a certificate in Ethical Trolling.
Admins and Hosts - a comparison.
Admin Emeritus - a history.
Do mods exist?
The role of chocolate - past and present.
I didn’t think anyone actually did the physical?!
Having lurked a while but just joined today this tickled my fancy and I am sorely tempted ... Suggestions? Methodology? Would this work?
1) Start a thread "Why <insert group of people from Dead Horses forum here> will burn infinitely in hell FACT"
2) Quote bible verses without wider context to PROVE my point
3) Refuse to engage in spurious UN-BIBLICAL wider discussion
4) Use UPPER CASE liberally
5) Claim you don't have real faith unless you agree with my literal interpretations
6) Repeat 2-5 ad infinitum
I love a challenge but I'm lazy and this would entail signing up again so maybe better if I just say instead ...
"Hi folks"
What is this "bible" of which you speak? (Lower case)
Or worse ... implying that GIN should be spelt "gin"
Hi!
This is quite possibley the best first post ever!
Why this random set of numbers, drawn from spurious references PROVES that Corbyn is the ANTI-CHRIST.
🍸 🧀
If you like, you can post in Welcome Aboard! where I'm sure a lot of Shipmates will give you even more greetings!
jedijudy
One of the welcoming Heaven Hosts
I decided discretion/politeness were the better part of valo(u)r. It was so tempting to try, as I know quite a few people like that, maybe without the caps.
I am just enjoying reading the "Ship of Fools Test" as I sit here with wine (and CHEESE).
jedijudy - thanks, I wasn't sure on protocol here. I'll post something about myself on "Welcome Aboard" before I dip my toe into fun things like Purgatory and Epiphanies ;-)
I have been on board 20 years. I still don't know the protocols*. Welcome!
*Which of course should be a module - how to start, where to post.
Further questions
Which gin is best and which cheese to serve with it?
Which is the nicest bottle?
Sorry why is the room spinning around?
Your my best friend are you not?
Hey @Hugal, we'd probably get on, though the first is of course a trick question ... in order:
- Ultra dry white please. Holy trinity of RIESLING, GRUNER VELTLINER and SEMILLON (Hunter Vally) probably with chacuterie
- A magnum of riesling please (seriously amazing bottles)
- See "magnum ..." above
- If you're picking up the bill
Tesco used to sell an own-brand HV semillon called Denman which was top value in most vintages. Have to check if they still do.
Maybe we need a wine thread?
Denman is a small town in the upper Hunter, good dairy country. You're right about Shiraz having been called Burgundy, ages beautifully, getting more and more complex as the years go by. The Shiraz grape was often called Hermitage.
Maybe we need a Bachelor's Degree in SoF Oenology
I'm a little younger, so my purchases were in decimal currency. My first purchase was a half-dozen each of Tulloch's Pokolbin Dry Red and Dry White for $1.99 a bottle. 50 years later, they are $30 and $25 a bottle respectively.
AFZ
I may start (or resurrect) a wine thread presently but I'm dipping my toes in SoF, and don't want to end called to Hell for potential heresies like "wine is better than gin"
Those Tulloch, and Mt Pleasant - as well as the Elliotts and Draytons - are still excellent wines and even at modern-day prices are real value. But the prices for the top Mt Pleasants these days are phenomenal.
I wish I'd loaded up by the case though